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Monument — Lackan

Penitential station
Monument — Lackan
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Why this matters

A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.

What is recorded here

Situated in the middle of the public road at a T-Junction. Lackan Chapel (WM006-037----) and graveyard (WM006-037001-) 500m to N and Tobercrummeen holy well (WM006-064----) 320m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Monument’ and shown located in the centre of the public road. On the revised 1911 ed. OS 6-inch map the location is depicted as 'Monument (Site of)' which indicates that the structure was removed or levelled between 1837 and 1911. Today there are no surface remains visible. The 1837 Ordnance Survey Name Book (No. 35, 13) for Lackan Parish described the monument as a 'heap of stones at which the peasantry lay down corpses to pray for them’ (SMR File). Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 1 February 2017
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